Deserting his male companions, a young man in love with a cat persuades Aphrodite to change the cat into a beautiful girl. Tempted by the goddess, the girl gives chase to a mouse, and is turned into a cat again; the boy dies broken hearted. The cast of seven men and one woman danced around and through transparent Constructivist forms against a black background. Lifar’s 1933 version, which retained his solos but little more, was produced without the collaboration of the choreographer.